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The River Niger

Genre:Drama

Released:1976-04-14

Runtime:105

Overview

An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.


Cast:

James Earl Jones

Character: Johnny Williams

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Cicely Tyson

Character: Mattie Williams

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Character: Dr. Dudley Stanton

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Glynn Turman

Character: Jeff Williams

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Jonelle Allen

Character: Ann Vanderguild

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Roger E. Mosley

Character: Big Moe Hayes

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Ralph Wilcox

Character: Al

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Teddy Wilson

Character: Chips

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Charles Weldon

Character: Skeeter

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Shirley Jo Finney

Character: Gail

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Hilda Haynes

Character: Wilhelmina Geneva Brow

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Ed Crick

Character: White Police Lieutenant

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Tony Burton

Character: Black Policeman

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Zakes Mokae

Character:

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